OCD-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-usually begins at an early age in a person's life. The average age for a male to develop OCD is between the ages of 6 and 15 and between the ages of 20 and 29 for a women.
What are obsessions?
-Persistent impulses, ideas, images, or thoughts that intrude into a person's mind, causing intense anxiety and distress.
-Common obsessions include:
Is it common for a person with OCD to realize that their obsessions are unrealistic or excessive?-Yes, but they feel unable to control it. Because OCD sufferers are influenced by emotions rather then logic.
What are Compulsions?
-is a type of behavior that a man or woman feels driven to perform.
-Mental acts include: praying, counting, repeating words silently and going over events in one's mind. And repetitive behaviors include: ordering, repeating actions, checking, cleaning, and hand washing.
-The compulsions of OCD do NOT result in pleasure or gradification. Activities such as taking drugs and overeacting are not associated with OCD since these tend to be pleasure-seeking behaviors.
OCD-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-usually begins at an early age in a person's life. The average age for a male to develop OCD is between the ages of 6 and 15 and between the ages of 20 and 29 for a women.
What are obsessions?
-Persistent impulses, ideas, images, or thoughts that intrude into a person's mind, causing intense anxiety and distress.
-Common obsessions include:
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Is it common for a person with OCD to realize that their obsessions are unrealistic or excessive?-Yes, but they feel unable to control it. Because OCD sufferers are influenced by emotions rather then logic.
What are Compulsions?
-is a type of behavior that a man or woman feels driven to perform.
-Mental acts include: praying, counting, repeating words silently and going over events in one's mind. And repetitive behaviors include: ordering, repeating actions, checking, cleaning, and hand washing.
-The compulsions of OCD do NOT result in pleasure or gradification. Activities such as taking drugs and overeacting are not associated with OCD since these tend to be pleasure-seeking behaviors.
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